Divinity Chronicles: Journey to the West

• Internal tool development:
  
  
  
  • Improved in-game analytics of player data
    
  • Working on a brand new plot editor for modding future story and events editing
    
  
  
• Side Story: Working on a new challenge - Spider Queen’s revenge
  
• Chapter 4: Adding effects for each character; working on new background music and content drawings. Adding animations for characters.
  
  Jade Emperor
  
  
  
  Goddess of Mercy
  
  
  
  The Spiritual Realm
  
  
  
  Soul Mountains
  
  
  

Enhancement and Balancing

• Reduce the requirement of Acupuncture Hair to 5 and increment to 2
  

Bug Fixes

• Fix the issue that many relics will be triggered by the trader
  
• Fix a Peach Fairy charm card will not charm anyone after using it with zero energy once
  
• Do not show trader in the compendium
  
• Fix a bug where spirit shifting will not remove keywords after combat ends
  

• Fix some expressions in event and dialog
  

• Other small adjustments
  

• Implemented a new feature that a merchant is added in some important combats to provide you an opportunity to buy a consumable before combat gets started. For example Black Hurricane, Son of Fire, Dream Walker, Centipede Monarch, Voodoo Elder, Emissary of Heaven, Nine-Head Phoenix
  
  
  
  
• Largely improve the user experience of picking combat objects
  
  
  
  • Resolve the issue of picking the wrong combat objects due to occlusion
    
  • Picking area is now aligned with the sprite of combat object instead the bounding box
    
  
  
• Endless Mode: Support random endless mode
  
• Chapter 4: Finish all the implementation of NPC of chapter 4, working on the testing
  

Optimization

• Adjust the size of the current Guardian Sword indicator
  
• Add copy map seed button
  
• Adjust arrow location
  
• Add support for backup files
  

Enhancement and Balancing

• Increase the turn requirement of thief rabbit escape by 1 to avoid early escape
  
• Lady Green’s handkerchief can be stolen
  

Bug Fixes

• Don’t show status tooltips when potion picker presents
  
• Fix a potential crash of miracle silk wrap
  
• Fix a potential bug when hovering the status icon but combat is already ended
  
• Fix a freezing bug caused by reusing projectile effect
  
• Fix minion thief rabbit does not return gold when defeated
  
• Fix a bug when Double Down will not stop after using it twice
  
• Fix whimsical name issue
  

• Adjust description of Sinful
  
• Fix some expressions in event and dialog
  

• Other small adjustments
  

• Added data analytics to improve future game experience. Please consent to share play through data with us so we can improve the game more effectively!
  
• Endless Mode: we are testing and adjusting the algorithm, smoothing difficulty curve, etc
  
• Chapter 4: we are adjusting AI patterns, mechanisms, values for newly implemented NPCs. There will be 3 main storylines in the final chapter, each has multiple endings; choices you made along the journey will impact your final ending for this run!
  

• The Spiritual Realm: can you find the path to the final truth among these abysses?
  
  
  
• Soul Mountains: Wukong noticed dark shadows surrounding the Soul Mountains. Something is not right.
  
  

Optimization

• add a detailed description for Monkey King's Skin
  
• Explain “Amused” card in event choices
  
• Explain Evil Barrier in additional card information
  
• Center status tooltips for better display
  

Enhancement and Balancing

• Centipede Monarch's Eyes: Energy cost 3-> 1; now uses remaining energy after each turn to charge eyes
  
• T Worm Seed: can only target Companion or Minion
  
• Living Wood Tripod: can only target Companion or Minion, Energy cost 3->2
  
• Paralyzed: Reduces 5Max HP ->3 Max HP (before Trial 17)
  

• Hell Judge: Silence will only add 1 Paralyzed card
  

• Painted Brush: now copies HP and Max HP of target for 3 turns, does not add a curse card anymore
  

Bug Fixes

• fix card tooltip and additional info
  
• Fix effect duplication of Essence of Metal
  
• Fix Carp King swallow AI bug
  
• Fix a bug where protect will cause the game to freeze when there is no one to protect
  
• Fix the bug where Deadly Poison card learnt by Dragon Princess will increase Poison count after game loading
  
• Fix a potential crash from playing card from the Draw pile
  
• Fix a bug where playing Spirit Shifting from the Draw pile will double energy later
  
• Fix tooltip on iOS build
  

• Fix card description bugs
  
• Fix description of Love Knot
  
• Adjust description of X energy cost cards
  
• Fix some expressions in event and dialog
  

• Other small adjustments
  

• Endless Mode: We finished the endless algorithm design and implementation, and will start massive internal testing, polishing and tuning next week.
  
• Chapter 4: We finished implementing combat logic of NPCs in Chapter 4, and map scene design and character design are currently on track too.
  
• We published the Android version on TapTap.io, which is fully in sync with our Steam version (with 1-2 days lag due to possible audit when publishing updates). Please note that the current experience is optimized for PC, not for mobile. We plan to optimize the mobile version after full release！
  
• Cloud save now available. Make sure to turn on the cloud save support for our game and you can sync progress across PC and Mac.
  

Optimization

• Optimize effect pooling assets to improve loading speed
  
• Adjust saturation for cards to improve user experience
  
• Improved statistics tracking and analytics, track start event and talent nodes
  

Enhancement and Balancing

• Add hide button for card picker to optimize usability
  
• Allow use of potions when in the reward menu
  
• Add additional info for enhanced Spirit Pact Card
  
• The Memory Keeper won't reduce max hand size if she is on player’s side
  
• The Bull King: adjusted Bull King’s AI when he is on player’s side
  

Bug Fixes

• Fix companion upgrade events
  
• Fix potion picker
  
• Analytics bug fixes
  
• Fix a bug when pilgrim duplicates consumable causes freeze
  
• Fix intent change issue after Flying is removed
  
• Fix a bug where status might still run after the character is defeated
  
• Fix a bug that Double Down on Silver Horn will make Dare You to crash
  
• Fix hide button scale bug
  

• Fix card description bugs
  

• Other small adjustments
  

• Optimize art assets and reduce the overall package size by 30% and improve loading speed
  
• Enable the functionality of skip dialogs by long pressing blank space key for better user experiences
  
• Further enhance Holy Monk’s Spirit Pack Card - now Spirit Pack can capture Bosses after upgrading twice (enhanced), and one of the talents now grants an enhanced Spirit Pack card.
  

Optimization

• Optimize audio assets to improve loading speed
  
• Update all event images to jpg and optimize combat background assets to reduce size and loading speed
  
• Remove unused assets to reduce size and memory use
  
• Now player can skip dialogues if long press bottom or space key for better user experience
  

Enhancement and Balancing

• Spirit pact can be upgraded twice to capture bosses
  
• Allow Holy Monk to capture the Bull King during his Bull phase
  
• Allow the player to summon multiple nightmares on the enemy side
  
• Poison less than 5 will not remove 1 Burning during explosion
  

• Like a Fortress: Common ->uncommon, add “Retain” keyword, adds 16 block-> 24 Block
  
• Shadow Dancer: Retains 1 card -> 2 cards
  
• Fishing the moon: Energy cost 1->0, gain 1 Evasion when receiving HP damage before next turn -> choose 3 cards from Draw pile and put on top of the Draw pile
  

• Reset and Restart: base version gives 1 Energy and Draw 1 card. Upgrade version: Energy cost -1
  

• Holy Monk's talent: Infinity Sutra Vol.1 gives an enhanced Spirit Pact card instead of an upgraded card
  
• Change forgiveness: Add “Exhaust” keyword, convert all debuff to Good -> all buff and debuffs
  
• All in One Go: Energy Cost 0->1
  

• Time Bomb: Deal 30 damage to all targets at the end of turn -> attack all targets with 30 damage at end of turn. Attack 1 more time each use.
  
• Judge's Ink Brush: Energy cost 1->0.
  
• Puppeteer: Summons 1 elite skeleton -> 2 elite skeletons
  Never Give Up: Energy cost 2->1
  
• Block Not Included: “Exhaust” -> “Retain”, Energy cost 0->1, remove up to 30 Blocks from one enemy-> all enemies
  
• Absorb Block: Add “Retain” keyword, Energy cost 1->0
  

• Celestial of Wishes:
  
  
  • Phantom Menace cannot affect Elite or Boss
    
  • Mirrors can only deal 50% damage by default
  
  
• Lady Green:Tail Lash requires HP damage to apply Entangled.
  
• God of Agriculture: Root of Nature loses 4 HP to apply Entangled.
  
• The Fallen Phoenix: Rebirth in Darkness requires Phoenix status to unleash full power.
  
• Master Zenith: Adjust wolf form: Attack damage 15->6, Bleeding Count 2->1
  

• Haunting Beauty: Confusing Spell cannot affect Elite or Boss.
  

• Seven Star Whip: deal 7 damage to all enemies for every 3 skill cards played -> deal 7 damage to all enemies for every 3 skill cards played, increases damage by 1 in this combat after each damage
  
• Cracked Diamond Bracelet: gain block next turn equal to HP damage received this turn -> 50% HP damage received
  

• No balance patch.
  

Bug Fixes

• Fix remove exhaust keyword does not work in Spirit Shifted card after reloading the game
  
• Fix a bug where super body slam crashes after use
  
• Fix sprite freeze after a failed flying
  
• Fix a bug when drinking soup of forgotten and max HP is below limit
  
• Fix a bug where you can dig multiple relics with space
  
• Fix a bug where Poisoned Weapon does not stack correctly
  
• Fix a bug where Guardian‘s Courage does not stack correctly
  
• Fix a bug where confused is not modifying energy cost correctly
  
• Fix a list of potential crashes
  
• Fix invisible on player causing enemy to lose target for an additional turn
  
• Fix a bug of second Best Practice will cause the game to freeze
  
• Fix Half Moon Shovel animation for Holy Monk
  

• Simplified card description and additional info for White Dragon and Neutral cards
  
• Fix card description bugs
  
• Fix additional info for Sword Breaker
  
• Fix English typos
  

• Fix some warning info
  
• Other small adjustments
  

Major Updates

Optimization

Performance

• Unify image loading to enhance loading performance
  
• Clean up assets and Cache relic image to reduce memory consumption
  
• Preload card and status effects for combat for better loading speed
  

UI Improvement

• Show tooltip when using a consumable to improve the usability
  

Enhancement and Balancing

• Change event of Corvus Kingdom to allow 1 Spirit Pact card to capture Boss NPC.
  
• Preach: cannot preach for duplicated NPC
  

• Starting HP: 70 HP -> 75 HP
  
• Little Monkeys: deal 2 base damage -> 3 base damage.
  
• Tiger Inside: only Wukong cards counts -> all cards
  
• Igniting Strike: applies 1 burning -> 2 burning
  
• Fishing the Moon: Before next turn, gain 1 Evasion when receiving HP damage.
  
• Secret Power: Loss 2 HP, gain 2 energy -> Loss 3 HP, gain 1 energy and draw 2 cards
  
• Conserve Strength: 5 block -> 7 block; upgraded: 8 block -> 11 block
  
• Expose Weakness: Applies Vulnerable -> applies Weak, and does not require HP damage.
  
• Like a fortress: Uncommon -> Common, 18 block -> 16 block.
  
• Last Resort: Energy cost 1-> 0.
  
• Break the Soul: Move card from discard pile back to hand ->gain block equal to 3 times of target's burning count.
  
• Ashen Hair: Energy cost 2->1
  

• Starting HP: 75 HP -> 70 HP
  
• Angry Dragon: Add wet and freezing requirement
  
• Dragon Shout: now 1 of 6 cards available to choose in the initial event
  
• Swift Thrust: 8 damage -> 14 damage, applies 2 Weak; Energy cost 1->2
  

• Avici: Add “Exhaust” keyword. Uncommon -> Rare.
  
• Fearless: energy cost 1->0
  
• Absorb Strength: energy cost 1->2. Damage 6->16.
  
• Sinful: applies to all teammates -> applies to only Holy Monk.
  
• Absorb Life: Add “Retain” keyword. Absorb Current HP -> Absorb Max HP
  
• Sermon: now causes the target to lose 5% HP each turn.
  
• Double Down: Add “Exhaust” keyword. Energy cost 2->1; Upgraded version: Energy cost -1 -> Add “Retain” keywords.
  
• The Good Within: Add “Retain” keyword. Energy Cost 2->1
  

• Magic Shield: Add “Retain” and “Exhaust” keywords.
  
• Divine Beads: 3 Curse or 3 Bless -> 5 Curse or 5 Bless
  
• Regret: Add “Exhaust” keyword
  

• Fire Spider: Angry will be triggered by any HP damage, not only Attack damage.
  
• Yellow Phantom: Add WindShield to AI when he is a minion.
  
• Master Zenith: MAX HP: 80-80 -> 75-80
  
• Black Hurricane:
  • Base damage 9 -> 8
  • MAX HP: 90-100 -> 85->95
  
  
• Skeleton Queen: Needs only 1 soul essence to revive all bone piles
  
• Spider Queen:
  
  
  • Spider form lasts 4 turns -> 5 turns.
    
  • Spider offspring count 2 -> 3
  
  
• Son of Fire:
  
  
  • Max HP: 220-210 -> 220-230
    
  • increase Block of Necrofire Shield
  
  
• The Centipede Monarch: Eye count 7 -> 8 (Trial level 18: eye count 10->12)
  
• Voodoo Elder: base damage 30->25
  
• Voodoo Witch: base damage 30->27
  
• Voodoo Worm: Max HP 200->150
  
• Rodent Duchess:
  
  
  • Increase Rodent Duchess's escape requirement to 10.
    
  • Demonic Siren: AOE -> single target.
  
  
• Carp King: summons 1 guardian -> 2 guardians
  

• Vanquisher of Evil:
  
  
  • Passive: when an ally is defeated, gain 1 strength -> gain 1 energy and draw 1 card.
    
  • Sword Breaker: Applies 1 rupture -> applies 1 cursed
  
  
• Shadow Fairy: now heal 4/7/10 HP to the team after each combat.
  
• Haunting Beauty: Beautiful Kisses: remove “Exhaust” keywords
  
• Dark Unicorn:
  
  
  • Passive skill: team immune to bleeding.
    
  • Lunar Eclipse: energy cost =0, applies 1 Blind to all enemies.
    
  • Soul Ritual: available at level 2.
    
  • Soul Transfer: Energy cost 2->1
    
  • Soul Absorption: absorb 6% -> 8%
  
  
• Breeze the Apprentice: Holy Spell: Add “Retain” keyword.
  
• Pine Fairy: The Winter Lady: Add “Retain” keyword. Applies 2 Freezing.
  

• Fortification scroll: now gives invincibility at start of turn
  
• Tiger Vest: now gives Block at start of turn
  
• Miracle silk wrap: gain 2 block for each teammate -> 3 block
  

• No balance patch.
  

Bug Fixes

• Only track journal when create new story or load a story to improve the accuracy of statistics
  
• Fix a bug where the second time you use “Resurrection” Card will trigger a crash
  
• Fix a bug when wolf cub is using Need Milk on wolf mother and they are both on the player's side
  
• Fix a few buffs and debuffs that should be cleaned up but weren't
  
• Fix a few companion cards that do not get learned correctly by Dragon Princess
  
• Fix a bug when Confused is applied to a Shape Shifting card and the Energy cost will become random
  
• Fix a bug when Confused is applied to a Spirit Shifting card and the Energy cost will become random
  
• Fix a bug when Crystal Dice is applied to a Spirit Shifting card and the Energy cost will become random
  
• Fix a bug that Demonic Parasol triggers Nine Headed Phoenix's poisons
  
• Fix a bug that Forgotten exhausts companion curse cards
  
• Fix a bug when shapeshifting an attack card will stop leveraging strength from dealing damage
  

• Achievement description bug fix
  
• Card description bug fixes and adjustments
  
• Fix some English typos
  

• Fix highlight effects for status UI
  
• Fix couple of Card Icons
  
• Fix some status card background
  
• Fix some assets
  
• Fix Step by Step animation